Dates | 15 February 2024 – 2027 |
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Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
Cricket format | One Day International List A |
Participants | 36 |
Matches | 289 |
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The 2027 Cricket World Cup qualification is the process by which teams will qualify for the 2027 Cricket World Cup. A series of competitions will determine which teams will take part in the final stages of the tournament.
In total, 36 teams will take part in the qualification process, from which 14 teams will qualify for the CWC.[1] South Africa and Zimbabwe will automatically qualify for the tournament as co-hosts along with the other eight top-ranked teams in the ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings.[2]
Out of 36 teams, 4 teams will be eliminated after the 2024 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League Play-off.[3] The two teams ranked 11th and 12th will directly qualify for 2027 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, whilst the other 20 sides will be divided into two leagues, the 2024–2026 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 (8 teams) and the 2024–2026 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League (12 teams).[4] Based on the results of the leagues, teams will either directly qualify for the World Cup Qualifier, be eliminated from World Cup qualification, or advance to the 2027 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off through which they could qualify for the World Cup Qualifier. The Qualifier Play-off also determines promotion and relegation between the two leagues. Teams were allocated to the two leagues based on the results from the previous World Cup qualification cycle.[5][6]
In November 2021, the ICC announced that there would not be a second edition of the Super League.[7]
Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Venues | Number of teams | Team | Qualification for |
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Full Member Hosts | 16 November 2021 | — | 2 |
South Africa | 2027 Cricket World Cup |
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ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings (Top 8 teams, excluding the hosts) |
31 March 2027[8] | — | 8 |
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2020–2023 Super League | 30 July 2020 – 14 May 2023 | Various | 1 |
Netherlands | 2024–2026 League 2[7] |
2019–2023 League 2 | 14 August 2019 – 16 March 2023 | Various | 5 |
Namibia | |
Nepal | |||||
Oman | |||||
Scotland | |||||
United States | |||||
2023 Qualifier Play-off | 26 March – 5 April 2023 | Namibia | 2 |
Canada | |
United Arab Emirates | |||||
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Jersey | 2024–2026 Challenge League[7] (Top 4 teams from the Challenge Play-off also qualifed) | |||
Papua New Guinea | |||||
2019–2022 Challenge League | 16 September 2019 – 13 December 2022 | Various | 6 |
Denmark | |
Hong Kong | |||||
Kenya | |||||
Qatar | |||||
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Uganda | |||||
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Bermuda | 2024 Challenge League Play-off[3] | |||
Italy | |||||
Malaysia | |||||
Vanuatu | |||||
ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings | 30 September 2023 | — | 4 |
Bahrain | |
Kuwait | |||||
Saudi Arabia | |||||
Tanzania | |||||
Total | 36 |
South Africa and Zimbabwe as full-member co-hosts have automatically qualified for the final stages of the tournament.[9]
Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Venues | Number of teams | Teams | Total times qualified | Last time qualified | Previous best performance |
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Full Member Hosts | 16 November 2021 | — | 2 |
South Africa | 10 | 2023 | Semi-Finals (1992, 1999, 2007, 2015, 2023) |
Zimbabwe | 10 | 2015 | Super 6 (1999, 2003) | ||||
ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings (Top 8 teams, excluding the hosts) |
31 March 2027 | — | 8 |
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Total | 14 |
Tournament | Date | Venue | Eliminations | Teams |
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Challenge Play-off | 22 February – 3 March 2024 | Malaysia | 4 |
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Saudi Arabia | ||||
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Challenge League | 15 February 2024 – December 2027 | Various | 8 |
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Qualifier Play-off | 2027 | TBA | 4 |
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Qualifier | 2027 | TBA | 6 |
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Total | 22 |
Outcome | Berths | Teams |
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Advanced to the Challenge League | 4 |
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Eliminated from the CWC Qualification | 4 |
Bermuda |
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Saudi Arabia | ||
Total | 8 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | Kuwait | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.292 | Advanced to the Super 6 |
2 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.574 | |
3 | Bermuda | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1.108 | |
4 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.298 | Eliminated |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | Tanzania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.633 | Advanced to the Super 6 |
2 | Bahrain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.713 | |
3 | Vanuatu | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −0.791 | |
4 | Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −0.742 | Eliminated |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | Kuwait | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2.215 | Qualified for the 2024–2026 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League |
2 | Italy | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1.163 | |
3 | Bahrain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0.565 | |
4 | Tanzania | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −0.356 | |
5 | Vanuatu | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | −1.999 | Eliminated |
6 | Bermuda | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | −1.590 |
Outcome | Berths | Teams |
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Advanced to the Qualifier | 4 |
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Total | 8 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | Netherlands | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0.287 | Advance to the 2027 Cricket World Cup Qualifier |
2 | Canada | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0.010 | |
3 | Scotland | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1.503 | |
4 | Namibia | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 8 | −0.416 | |
5 | United States | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0.242 | Advance to the 2027 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off |
6 | Oman | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1.066 | |
7 | Nepal | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | −0.406 | |
8 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −1.072 |
Outcome | Berths | Teams |
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Advanced to the Qualifier Play-off | 4 |
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Eliminated from the CWC Qualification | 8 |
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Total | 12 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
2 | Jersey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
3 | Kenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
4 | Kuwait | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
5 | Papua New Guinea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
6 | Qatar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Bahrain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
2 | Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
3 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
4 | Singapore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
5 | Tanzania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
6 | Uganda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Eight teams will take part in the qualifier play-off: the bottom four teams from the League 2 along with the top two teams each in Groups A and B of the Challenge League. The top four teams from this tournament progress to the Qualifier.
Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Teams |
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League 2 | 2024–2026 | Various | 4 | |
Challenge League | 2024–2026 | Various | 4 | |
Total | 8 |
Outcome | Berths | Teams |
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Advanced to Qualifier | 4 | |
Eliminated from CWC Qualification | 4 | |
Total | 8 |
The Qualifier will feature ten teams in total: the 11th and 12th ranked teams; the top four teams from the League 2, and the top four teams from the qualifier play-off. The top four teams from this tournament will qualify for the World Cup.
Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Teams |
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ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings | — | Various | 2 | |
League 2 | 2024–2026 | Various | 4 | |
Qualifier Play-off | 2027 | 4 | ||
Total | 10 |
Outcome | Berths | Teams |
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Advanced to CWC | 4 | |
Eliminated from CWC Qualification | 6 | |
Total | 10 |